Year per 1,000 live births 1960 250.4 1961 248.5 1962 246.7 1963 244.4 1964 241.9 1965 239.1 1966 236.4 1967 233.3 1968 230.1 1969 226.9 1970 223.6 1971 220.3 1972 216.6 1973 212.7 1974 208.7 1975 204.5 1976 200 1977 195.6 1978 191.3 1979 188.1 1980 186.2 1981 185.1 1982 184.8 1983 184.9 1984 184.8 1985 184.1 1986 182.7 1987 180.8 1988 178.6 1989 176.1 1990 173.8 1991 171.7 1992 169.8 1993 168.3 1994 165.9 1995 162.8 1996 159.2 1997 154.9 1998 149.3 1999 142.5 2000 134.7 2001 126.5 2002 118.6 2003 111 2004 104 2005 97.6 2006 92 2007 86.6 2008 81.9 2009 77.3 2010 73.5 2011 69.8 2012 66.7 2013 64 2014 61.2 2015 59.2 2016 56.7 2017 54.4 2018 52 2019 50.1 2020 48.2 2021 45.9 2022 44.2